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+UNIX Programmer's Manual
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+Volume 2 \(em Supplementary Documents
+.AU
+.ft B
+.ps 11
+Seventh Edition
+.AI
+January 10, 1979
+.PP
+This volume contains documents which supplement
+the information contained in Volume 1 of
+.ul
+The
+.ul
+.UX
+.ul
+Programmer's Manual.
+The documents here are grouped roughly into
+the areas of
+basics,
+editing,
+language tools,
+document preparation,
+and
+system maintenance.
+Further general information may be found in
+the Bell System Technical Journal
+special issue on
+.UX ,
+July-August, 1978.
+.PP
+Many of the documents cited within this volume as
+Bell Laboratories internal memoranda
+or Computing Science Technical Reports
+(CSTR) are also contained here.
+.PP
+These documents contain occasional localisms,
+typically references to other operating systems
+like
+GCOS
+and
+IBM.
+In all cases, such references may be safely ignored
+by
+UNIX
+users.
+.SH
+General Works
+.IP \n+n.
+7th Edition UNIX \(em Summary.
+.RS
+A concise summary of the facilities available on
+.UX .
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+The UNIX Time-Sharing System.
+D. M. Ritchie and K. Thompson.
+.RS
+The original
+.UX
+paper, reprinted from CACM.
+.RE
+.SH
+Getting Started
+.IP \n+n.
+UNIX for Beginners \(em Second Edition.
+B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+An introduction to the most basic use of the system.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Tutorial Introduction to the UNIX Text Editor.
+B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+An easy way to get started with the editor.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Advanced Editing on UNIX.
+B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+The next step.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+An Introduction to the UNIX Shell.
+S. R. Bourne.
+.RS
+An introduction to the capabilities of the command interpreter,
+the shell.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Learn \(em Computer Aided Instruction on UNIX.
+M. E. Lesk and B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+Describes a computer-aided instruction program that walks new users
+through the basics of
+files,
+the editor,
+and
+document preparation software.
+.RE
+.SH
+Document Preparation
+.IP \n+n.
+Typing Documents on the UNIX System.
+M. E. Lesk.
+.RS
+Describes the basic use of the formatting tools.
+Also describes ``\-ms'', a standardized package of formatting requests
+that can be used to lay out most documents
+(including those in this volume).
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A System for Typesetting Mathematics.
+B. W. Kernighan and L. L. Cherry.
+.RS
+Describes EQN. an easy-to-learn language for doing high-quality mathematical typesetting,
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+TBL \(em A Program to Format Tables.
+M. E. Lesk.
+.RS
+A program to permit easy specification of tabular material
+for typesetting.
+Again, easy to learn and use.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System.
+M. E. Lesk.
+.RS
+Describes, among other things, the program REFER
+which fills in bibliographic citations from a data base
+automatically.
+.RE
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+NROFF/TROFF User's Manual.
+J. F. Ossanna.
+.RS
+The basic formatting program.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A TROFF Tutorial.
+B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+An introduction to TROFF for those who
+really want to know such things.
+.RE
+.SH
+Programming
+.IP \n+n.
+The C Programming Language \(em Reference Manual.
+D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+Official statement of the syntax and semantics of C.
+Should be supplemented by
+.ul
+The C Programming Language,
+B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie,
+Prentice-Hall, 1978,
+which contains a tutorial introduction and many examples.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Lint, A C Program Checker.
+S. C. Johnson.
+.RS
+Checks C programs
+for syntax errors, type violations,
+portability problems,
+and a variety of probable errors.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Make \(em A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs.
+S. I. Feldman.
+.RS
+Indispensable tool for making sure that large programs
+are properly compiled with minimal effort.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+UNIX Programming.
+B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+Describes the programming interface to the operating system
+and the standard I/O library.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Tutorial Introduction to ADB.
+J. F. Maranzano and S. R. Bourne.
+.RS
+How to use the ADB debugger.
+.RE
+.SH
+Supporting Tools and Languages
+.IP \n+n.
+YACC: Yet Another Compiler-Compiler.
+S. C. Johnson.
+.RS
+Converts a BNF specification of a language
+and semantic actions written in C into a compiler for the language.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+LEX \(em A Lexical Analyzer Generator.
+M. E. Lesk and E. Schmidt.
+.RS
+Creates a recognizer for a set of regular expressions;
+each regular expression can be followed by arbitrary C code
+which will be executed when the regular expression is found.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Portable Fortran 77 Compiler.
+S. I. Feldman and P. J. Weinberger.
+.RS
+The first Fortran 77 compiler, and still one of the best.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Ratfor \(em A Preprocessor for a Rational Fortran.
+B. W. Kernighan.
+.RS
+Converts a Fortran with C-like control structures and cosmetics
+into real, ugly Fortran.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+The M4 Macro Processor.
+B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+M4 is a macro processor useful as a front end for C, Ratfor,
+Cobol, and in its own right.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+SED \(em A Non-interactive Text Editor.
+L. E. McMahon.
+.RS
+A variant of the editor for processing large
+inputs.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+AWK \(em A Pattern Scanning and Processing Language.
+A. V. Aho, B. W. Kernighan and
+.RS
+P. J. Weinberger.
+.br
+Makes it easy to specify many data transformation and selection operations.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+DC \(em An Interactive Desk Calculator.
+R. H. Morris and L. L. Cherry.
+.RS
+A super HP calculator, if you don't need floating point.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+BC \(em An Arbitrary Precision Desk-Calculator Language.
+L. L. Cherry and R. H. Morris.
+.RS
+A front end for DC
+that provides infix notation, control flow, and built-in functions.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+UNIX Assembler Reference Manual.
+D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+The ultimate dead language.
+.RE
+.SH
+Implementation, Maintenance, and Miscellaneous
+.IP \n+n.
+Setting Up UNIX \(em Seventh Edition.
+C. B. Haley and D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+How to configure and get your system running.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Regenerating System Software.
+C. B. Haley and D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+What do do when you have to change things.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+UNIX Implementation.
+K. Thompson.
+.RS
+How the system actually works inside.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+The UNIX I/O System.
+D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+How the I/O system really works.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Tour Through the UNIX C Compiler.
+D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+How the PDP-11 compiler works inside.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Tour Through the Portable C Compiler.
+S. C. Johnson.
+.RS
+How the portable C compiler works inside.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+A Dial-Up Network of UNIX Systems.
+D. A. Nowitz and M. E. Lesk.
+.RS
+Describes UUCP, a program for communicating files
+between UNIX systems.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+UUCP Implementation Description.
+D. A. Nowitz.
+.RS
+How UUCP works, and how to administer it.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+On the Security of UNIX.
+D. M. Ritchie.
+.RS
+Hints on how to break UNIX, and how to avoid doing so.
+.RE
+.IP \n+n.
+Password Security: A Case History.
+R. H. Morris and K. Thompson.
+.RS
+How the bad guys used to be able to
+break the password algorithm,
+and why they can't now,
+at least not so easily.
+.RE
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